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Fireball Malware Infects 20 Percent Of Corporate Networks

Ad agency in Beijing responsible for malware that infected 250 million computers worldwide, researchers claim

Putin: ‘Russian Patriots’, Not Government, Responsible For Foreign Election Cyber Attacks

Vladimir Putin goes on the defensive as fallout from US election continues

Tales In Tech History: ‘I Love You’ Virus

The 'I love you' worm had a devastating impact on computer networks worldwide seventeen years ago

Kaspersky Labs Identifies Mistakes In WannaCry That Can Be Exploited To Retrieve Data

Looks like WannaCry has more than a few workarounds

OneLogin Password Manager Suffers Data Breach

The breach has appeared to expose the ability to decrypt the data as well

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Plastic Surgery Photos Published After Clinic Hack

Personal surgical pictures of British citizens among thousands published after Lithuanian clinic hack

Chipotle Breach Exposes Continued Point-of-Sale Cyber-Security Risks

ANALYSIS: Chipotle is the latest victim of Point-of-Sale malware that steals credit card information, demonstrating the continued risks that face retailers

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IBM, Cisco Buddy Up For Enterprise Security Push

Making the world a safer place...IBM and Cisco team up to share threat data and carry out joint research

ShadowBrokers Hacker Group To Publish More NSA Code

New batch of stolen code to be auctioned by hacker group, despite earlier pledge to shut down operation

Researchers Suggest Windows XP Was Immune To WannaCry Virus

Blue screens of death may have been the worst-case scenario for Windows XP devices

Hackers Hijack Digital Billboard In Liverpool Shopping Centre

The billboard was turned off quickly, but not before pictures of the hack made their way online

Judy Malware Infects Up To 36.5m Android Devices

Cyber security firm Check Point reckons it could be the biggest malvertising campaign to hit Google Play

Pacemaker Code ‘Contains 8,000 Vulnerabilities’

Researcher warns of troubling security vulnerabilities with pacemaker devices

Theresa May Urges G7 To Take Action Against Online Extremism

Fight against Isis "moving from the battlefield to the internet", Prime Minister to tell G7

Synopsys Questions Cyber Safety Of Medical Devices

Question marks over the safety of medical kit has been raised again as study finds widespread medical complacency

WannaCry Wallops Russian Post, Highlighting The Risk Of Legacy IT

Russian Post denies it has been infected despite tip-offs by postal workers

VLC & Kodi Subtitle Vulnerability Could Give Hackers Control Of 200M Devices

Security researchers warn of a subtitle vulnerability that affects VLC, Kodi and other popular media software

Samba Vulnerability Could Usher In Another WannaCry Worm

The security hole could affect thousands upon thousands of Linux and Unix based machines

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NSA Says New Encryption Standards Needed To Resist Quantum Computing

ANALYSIS: Quantum computing's potential to crack encryption worries the NSA, so it's developing standards and strategies for a post-quantum world

Citrix Analytics Service To Tackle Insider Threats

Security play part of a number of product announcements from cloud specialist Citrix

Android Malware Used To Rob Russian Bank Customers

The Cron hacking gang used malicious apps and software to infect a million Android smartphones

BT Branded Email Scam Aims To Exploit WannaCry Ransomware Fears

The phishing scam is piggy-backing onto WannaCry warnings

Zomato, DocuSign Breaches Reveal Common Security Risks

ANALYSIS: WannaCry ransomware worm outbreak isn't the only cybersecurity incident that users need to worry about, as a pair of breaches at Zomato and DocuSign show